His 32-year-old client has been charged with the murder of Mackay woman Shandee Blackburn.

Mr Bale replied to questions outside court with a string of expletives, including to a question about where Peros had been arrested.

“I’m not telling you that either, f--- off,” he said.

Speaking to news crews, Mr Bale also refused to confirm if his client would apply for bail in the future. “There’s f--- all else I want to say about it,” he said.

But the criminal lawyer did answer a question relating to how his client was doing.

“Oh Christ. Mr Peros is doing reasonably well in all of the circumstances. He’s given me instructions that he’s going to be contesting all of the matters and when the time comes, the matter will be litigated in a court, not in the media, thanks.”

Mr Bale later clarified his comments during the press conference, saying they were taken “completely out of context”.

“Those comments were made to people who I expected knew more about the court process than they have obviously demonstrated that they do,” he said.

Mr Bale told The Courier-Mail that his replies had been “glib and joking”.

But a criminal lawyer said it was “wildly inappropriate language to be used by a member of the legal profession when addressing the media”. “There is a particular standard expected of a legal practitioner and those type of comments, whatever the context, fall well below any acceptable level,” the lawyer said,

The language is in stark contrast to the lawyer’s well-worded website, which specifies the law firm represents clients “with the care and diligence they deserve”.

Peros’s appearance in court yesterday lasted just minutes. The amateur boxer, who is an ex-boyfriend of Ms Blackburn, was charged with murder and robbery.

Ms Blackburn, 23, was murdered on February 9 last year. She was only metres from home when she was confronted and stabbed repeatedly.

Ms Blackburn’s sister Shannah said coming to court had been extremely difficult.

“We are faced with the reality that she’s never coming back but we do everything that we possibly can to still represent Shandee in the best way possible and we will be here supporting her the whole way,” she said.

“We still know there’s such a long road to go but to get to this point, it’s the first step on this long road but it’s a step in the right direction.”

Mr Bale asked that the court case be listed for mention in Mackay on October 9.